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Yep both parties try to do everything they can to gain more power. Democratic house candidates got more votes nationwide in the 2012 election, yet somehow Republicans won a lot more seats in the house.
Zarathustra[H];1040484087 said:state lines are really no more than arbitrary lines on a map. (And unless you don't drive over one with a minor, gun, or certain pharmaceuticals in tow, you are fine).
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Yea, it's especially interesting when you consider that every single seat picked up or held by a Republican was won because the Republican candidate in every one of those individual elections got more votes than his Democratic rival... (Otherwise, the Republican could not have held/won the seat. Duh.)
I think you've confused the electoral college with House elections or something--the electoral college only occurs in the Presidential election, when it is technically possible for a Presidential candidate to collect more electoral votes and win the Presidency but still lose the popular vote total, nationwide. That very rarely happens, however.
Zarathustra[H];1040484101 said:State sovereignty, insofar as what laws and constitution each state decides to implement IS very important to me, as is making sure that a voter from a smaller state isn't unfairly given a greater influence over our federal government than a voter from a larger state, based solely on where they live.
The ability of a state to form its own laws and constitution would not be impacted if every citizens vote to the U.S. Senate were equal.
Brown, whose administration has projected that tax revenue will rise for the next four years, has also said he wants to use the opportunity to pay billions of dollars in debt. The tab for various borrowings during years of budget crisis is expected to be almost $28 billion by the end of June, according to state officials, and will take years to erase.
My knee jerk reaction is to call you a retard who's just spouting partisan bullshit. However after having a moment of reflection I'll simply try to educate you on the make up of California.Ha! I see what they did here...
Right now - 2 US Senators
After splitting - 12 US Senators
I would bet 8-10 would probably be Democrats, meaning that would add 6-8 more Democrat Senators to the US Senate, and only 2-4 Republicans.
I didn't realize the Democrats were so afraid of 2014 and 2016...
Depends upon the state, since the minimum is one representative and reps are based on population values some states get more voting power per capita. Wyoming has something like 525k people per vote, California has almost 700k people per vote.Are you being serious right now?
That's why there is a House of Representatives!
The Senate was originally elected by the State's Legislatures, and was designed as a legislative body to debate the bills approved by the House. That was changed by the 17th Amendment to the US Constitution.
Do yourself a favor friend, and learn some history and educate yourself.
Sounds like a bad idea to me, California will still be broke even if this did happen...I'm sorry the six California's will still be broke.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times
December 15, 2013
The Jungle: Thousands of Homeless People Live in Shantytowns at the Epicenter of High-Tech, Super-Rich Silicon Valley
Residents of Silicon Valley’s largest homeless encampment illustrate the widening divide between the nation’s haves and have-nots.
http://www.alternet.org/hard-times-...ve-shantytowns-epicenter-high-tech-super-rich
Isn't California one of the few states where the public can inact laws without the representatives? Think it's called pure democracy or direct democracy.
The People spoke, they'd had enough of Republican crap and tossed their asses out of the legislature and governor's office. The RESULTS are PALPABLE and we now await the national electorate to come to it's senses and toss the Republicans the hell out of the US Congress.
They forgot to give Orange County their own state. Name it.... Disneyland.
So you would prefer that the country be controlled by just a couple states? States which are predominately Democrat? States which damn near encourage illegal immigration and welfare queens? States which if you removed all the dead weight of illegals and worthless pieces of shit would lose large portions of their populations?
California is a great example of why a system of being a landowner being a requirement to vote should be brought back.
Republicans crack me up. The revisionist imagination is stunning.
After over a dozen years of Republican control, Republican Governor's ... 20 years under Wilson and Ahhhhnold (with a half term lame duck stay by Davis plagued by obstruction) and Republican control of the Legislature for those 20+ years ... ran up that $28 BILLION bond debt (remember, States cannot run actual Debt the way the Federal government can).
Gerry Brown comes in for 2011 along with a switch to Democratic control of the House and Senate, and immediately (even with the weak national economic recovery) turns around a decade of budget deficits into a huge annual surplus, and is well on the way to paying off the full $28 billion in the next few years, while re-investing billion$ in education and infrastructure repairs.
Hey, you had your shot, you put the Terminator on the job and he almost TERMINATED your state finances.
The People spoke, they'd had enough of Republican crap and tossed their asses out of the legislature and governor's office. The RESULTS are PALPABLE and we now await the national electorate to come to it's senses and toss the Republicans the hell out of the US Congress.
Not unless the conversation is the problems with winner take all voting structures. And issue with irregular representation in the House of representatives where very populous states actually have less house of reps per popular than smaller states. So smaller states have more influence per house rep than larger states by a significant margin. Even though the senate is where population is to be discounted.Zarathustra[H];1040484144 said:This map of California House Votes is pretty relevant to this conversation.
California has a surplus now of at least $2.4 Billion and it's getting better cause people in California voted to increase taxes until 2018 under Prop30 and after that surpluses are expected to grow to $27.3 Billion in 2020, this is from the state LAO.
Nah, that's Anaheim.
A few days ago we had a crazy proposal from a politician to have western pa form its own state. The complaint had something to do with a believed imbalance of money going to eastern PA. Obviously the resolution failed miserably but it made the news..
No, but that quote pretty much shows your understanding of the topic. lolDidn't read my response 5 posts previous to yours, to someone's linked article claiming I was wrong, last time I checked I think California is just over 9 billion in debt...I think that means no money in the bank to the average Joe?
Zarathustra[H];1040486181 said:I don't see how linking a 4 year old article proves your point. Lots of states had temporary financial troubles at the height of the fallout from the financial crisis.
California has actually done remarkably well since then.
Zarathustra[H];1040486181 said:I don't see how linking a 4 year old article proves your point. Lots of states had temporary financial troubles at the height of the fallout from the financial crisis.
California has actually done remarkably well since then.
So i take it you work for the state and thus you know? Better yet you work for the state and work in finances.If you worked for the state you would know the financial troubles are continuing.
A California republican doesn't follow social republican points because you'd be labeled as intolerant in California and lose elections if you take the mid west and south's social republican stances.So strange this all started before Arnold took office and the Republican's have had control I believe once since 1970 in 95 or 96 forget which. It was shortly after I got out of the Navy that the Republicans lost their power base. Me thinks it is you who is confused and suffering from revisionist imagination. Plus, you should know Arnold while running Republican wasn't really Republican, he was something more akin to a progressive libertarian or some amalgamation of progressive ideology.
So i take it you work for the state and thus you know? Better yet you work for the state and work in finances.
In other words, state sovereignty means nothing to you.
Stockton has cut over 150 police officers since 2005 and have not started rehiring and has purchased services from San Joaquin's Sheriff's Dept to help shore up their deficiencies. The Fire department had an original goal of over 50 positions to be cut but I'm not sure if they ever reached that goal or the Union was able to fight the cuts. Numerous other agencies both professional and private have cut services and positions as well and have not started to rehire because of the uncertainty
I work for the state, and were hardcore effed. Whether you believe the CA surplus is real or not (its not) raising taxes and fees and cutting emergency services is pretty shitty way to go about fixing things